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Honesty or truthfulness is a facet of moral character that connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness (including straightforwardness of conduct: earnestness), along with the absence of lying, cheating, theft, etc. Honesty also involves being trustworthy, loyal, fair, and sincere.
Honesty is regarded by Muslim scholars as one of the five essential qualities for any Muslim accountants. [114] Unlike most virtues, honesty is also a religious obligation, and dishonesty is Fasiq (a departure from religion), [115] one of the major sins in Islam. [116] Muhammad was asked whether a Muslim could be a coward. He answered: 'Yes.'
Religious views on truth vary both between and within religions. The most universal concept of religion that holds true in every case is the inseparable nature of truth and religious belief. Each religion sees itself as the only path to truth. [citation needed] Religious truth, therefore, is never relative, always absolute.
Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. [1] A central aspect of ethics is "the good life", the life worth living or life that is simply satisfying, which is held by many philosophers to be more important than traditional moral conduct.
The intersections of morality and religion involve the relationship between religious views and morals. It is common for religions to have value frameworks regarding personal behavior meant to guide adherents in determining between right and wrong.
Some of the most important scholars who contributed to the area of moral philosophy during the Middle Ages were Miskawayh (932–1030), the Persian author of Refinement of Character, [4] Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (c.1058–1111), author of Revival of the Religious Sciences, [4] Ali ibn Hazm (994–1064) "the Andalusian man of letters". [4] Also ...
The Baháʼí teachings state that there is but one religion which is progressively revealed by God, through prophets/messengers, as humanity matures and its capacity to understand also grows. The outward differences in the religions, the Baháʼí writings state, are due to the exigencies of the time and place the religion was revealed. [4]
Religious values are usually based on values reflected within religious texts or by the influence of the lives of religious persons. [1]Known as the ‘Indigenous Religious Values Hypothesis’, the origin of religious values can be seen as the product of the values held by the society in which the religion originated from. [1]